*[Enwl-eng] Press Release: By 2050 Ukraine can increase the shareof its "green" energy up to 91% - research shows
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*By 2050 Ukraine can increase the
share of its "green" energy up to 91% -
research shows *
Ukraine has every opportunity to abandon fossil fuels by 2050 and bring the
share of green energy in its energy demand up to 91%. This is evidenced by
the results of the report "Transition of Ukrainian energy sector towards
100% RES in 2050" presented today.
"The work on this study started a year and a half ago in order to obtain
scientific arguments in support of the transition of Ukraine's energy
sector to 100% renewable energy," – said Oksana Aliyeva, coordinator of
Climate Change and Energy Policy program of Heinrich Böll Foundation
Ukraine, which supported this work.
Today, Ukraine lags behind the level of renewable energy use not only in
economically developed countries, but also at global level. So, if the
share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption in the world
amounted to 20% in 2014, in Ukraine this figure was only 4.2%.
According to the report, the transition to renewable energy sources (RES)
is possible when relevant policy is set, the energy efficiency measures are
encouraged, the restrictions on thermal power plants emissions are put in
accordance with Ukraine's commitments and no new nuclear power units are
constructed.
Such a transition will occur primarily due to the energy of wind, sun and
biomass. At the same time, in the structure of electricity production, the
share of wind farms can reach 45%, solar - 36%, and biomass and waste in
the structure of heat energy production - up to 73%.
"Ukraine has enough renewable energy potential to gradually replace both
coal and nuclear generation, the report has confirmed this," – commented
Iryna Holovko, head of the Energy department of the environmental public
organization Ecoaction. – Such a transition will considerably increase our
energy security - since it will not be necessary to purchase imported
energy, as well as reduce the burden on the environment due to significant
reduction of emissions and water consumption.
Even with the less ambitious second scenario, which provides for perfect
competition between energy producers, the share of nuclear power in the
Ukrainian electricity industry falls to 13% in 2050 from 54% in 2015. This
decline is due to the exhaustion of the technical potential of the
operating nuclear power plants and high cost and significant terms for the
construction of new nuclear power plants. The last two factors do not allow
the nuclear power industry to compete with renewable energy technologies
that rapidly decrease its cost.
For more information, please contact:
Oksana Aliyeva, coordinator of Climate Change and Energy Policy program of
Heinrich Böll Foundation Ukraine - oksana....@ua.boell.org
Alexander Dyachuk, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Government Agency
"Institute for Economics and Forecasting" of the National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine - dia...@ief.org.ua
The full version of the report is available at https://ua.boell.org/uk/2017/
10/24/perehid-ukrayini-na-vidnovlyuvanu-energetiku-do-2050-r
The work "Transition of Ukrainian energy sector towards 100% RES in 2050"
was carried out by the Government Agency "Institute for Economics and
Forecasting" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine with the
support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Ukraine in cooperation with the
civil society organizations, state authorities, profile associations and
independent experts.
Best regards,
Tatiana Shauro
--
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Regional Campaigns Communications Officer EECCA
(Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia)
Climate Action Network-International (CAN)
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and Central Asia
Climate Action Network-International (CAN)
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tsh...@climatenetwork.org
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research shows *
Ukraine has every opportunity to abandon fossil fuels by 2050 and bring the
share of green energy in its energy demand up to 91%. This is evidenced by
the results of the report "Transition of Ukrainian energy sector towards
100% RES in 2050" presented today.
"The work on this study started a year and a half ago in order to obtain
scientific arguments in support of the transition of Ukraine's energy
sector to 100% renewable energy," – said Oksana Aliyeva, coordinator of
Climate Change and Energy Policy program of Heinrich Böll Foundation
Ukraine, which supported this work.
Today, Ukraine lags behind the level of renewable energy use not only in
economically developed countries, but also at global level. So, if the
share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption in the world
amounted to 20% in 2014, in Ukraine this figure was only 4.2%.
According to the report, the transition to renewable energy sources (RES)
is possible when relevant policy is set, the energy efficiency measures are
encouraged, the restrictions on thermal power plants emissions are put in
accordance with Ukraine's commitments and no new nuclear power units are
constructed.
Such a transition will occur primarily due to the energy of wind, sun and
biomass. At the same time, in the structure of electricity production, the
share of wind farms can reach 45%, solar - 36%, and biomass and waste in
the structure of heat energy production - up to 73%.
"Ukraine has enough renewable energy potential to gradually replace both
coal and nuclear generation, the report has confirmed this," – commented
Iryna Holovko, head of the Energy department of the environmental public
organization Ecoaction. – Such a transition will considerably increase our
energy security - since it will not be necessary to purchase imported
energy, as well as reduce the burden on the environment due to significant
reduction of emissions and water consumption.
Even with the less ambitious second scenario, which provides for perfect
competition between energy producers, the share of nuclear power in the
Ukrainian electricity industry falls to 13% in 2050 from 54% in 2015. This
decline is due to the exhaustion of the technical potential of the
operating nuclear power plants and high cost and significant terms for the
construction of new nuclear power plants. The last two factors do not allow
the nuclear power industry to compete with renewable energy technologies
that rapidly decrease its cost.
For more information, please contact:
Oksana Aliyeva, coordinator of Climate Change and Energy Policy program of
Heinrich Böll Foundation Ukraine - oksana....@ua.boell.org
Alexander Dyachuk, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Government Agency
"Institute for Economics and Forecasting" of the National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine - dia...@ief.org.ua
The full version of the report is available at https://ua.boell.org/uk/2017/
10/24/perehid-ukrayini-na-vidnovlyuvanu-energetiku-do-2050-r
The work "Transition of Ukrainian energy sector towards 100% RES in 2050"
was carried out by the Government Agency "Institute for Economics and
Forecasting" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine with the
support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Ukraine in cooperation with the
civil society organizations, state authorities, profile associations and
independent experts.
Best regards,
Tatiana Shauro
--
Network Development and Outreach Department
Regional Campaigns Communications Officer EECCA
(Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia)
Climate Action Network-International (CAN)
Skype: samaparodia
tsh...@climatenetwork.org
https://www.facebook.com/tatiana.shauro.3
www.climatenetwork.org
www.facebook.com/CANInternational
Twitter: @CANIntl
Subscribe to the ECO newsletter: http://climatenetwork.org/eco-newsletters
--
All the best, Tatiana Shauro
Regional Campaigns Communications Officer EECCA (Eastern Europe, Caucasus
and Central Asia
Climate Action Network-International (CAN)
Skype: samaparodia
tsh...@climatenetwork.org
www.climatenetwork.org
www.facebook.com/CANInternational
Twitter: @CANIntl
Subscribe to the ECO newsletter: http://climatenetwork.org/eco-newsletters
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